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I have read many pages and not one time has there been a mention of the York models. My hvac guy carries York and Tempstar. I have used the hvac co. for 15 ears and like them very much. I am going to purchase a new heat and a/c soon and I was considering Trane, Bryant, and Carrier until I read that you all say to go with your installer. Could someone give me some feeback on the York brand?

The company I work for used to be a york distributor so I work on york on a daily basis.I have found normal problems with the 80% furnaces just like everyone elses. The 90% from say 1990 upward were a disaster. Heat exchangers cracked*(clamshell) inducers failed continuously(impellers fell apart.Erratic control boards(ghost signals). Now there design is tubular heat exchangers, same inducer but with a new trap design and better boards. I haven't seen nearly the problems. I believe Tempstar has a stainless steel heat exchanger. I have not seen a stainless steel heat exchanger crack on anybodys furnace yet!!! They discolor but don't crack. Tempstar had trouble with their recoupe covers cracking on their old units but the new covers are either stainless steel or a gray phenolic that is really versatile. Parts on a york tend to be more expensive for us to purchase than other brands.ON Tempstar I have seen mainly inducer bearing failures(sealed pearmentlylubed ball bearing). Our purchase price on parts tend to be significantly lower on Tempstar. I'm not sure about warranties. Hope that Helps.

The heat pumps are a different breed. The only problems I have seen and they were few were the temp switch that controlled low speed and high speed on the condenser fan were subject to fail after 4-5years. Every once in a while the condenser fan motor would fail. and everybody's capacitor fails with heavy thunderstorms when they get weak. I haven't worked on a tempstar heat pump as of yet. to me a heat pump with a fossil fuel kit is the way to go. You have the option of either heat pump or gas heat down to 35 degrees. The new heat pumps go even lower. The electric utility usually give people a break on their electric bill to have a heat pump. So I would do my research. You only plan to install once.